Academic Advisor I

About Us

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship.

Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

• Students are our top priority.
• We strive for excellence.
• We thrive on diversity.
• We celebrate collaboration.
• We champion innovation.
• We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
• We act ethically.
• We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

The Georgia Tech College of Lifetime Learning is a research-driven academic college advancing learning across the full arc of life. Founded in 2024, the College integrates research, teaching, and real-world practice to design learning systems that adapt over time and support learners through multiple life and career transitions. As part of a leading public research university, the College advances flexible, stackable pathways that expand access, strengthen mobility, and prepare individuals and communities for a world of constant change.

Partner Academics is a collaborative team within the College of Lifetime Learning that helps bring Georgia Tech's online academic programs to life. We support the planning, launch, and ongoing operations of online degree programs developed in partnership across the Institute. Today, the team supports 20 academic programs, with additional programs coming online in the year ahead.

We work closely with faculty, academic units, learners, and campus stakeholders to ensure programs run smoothly and deliver a strong academic and student experience. Our work spans academic operations, course and faculty coordination, learning systems support, and navigating Institute requirements.

As a team, we value flexibility, collaboration, and problem solving. We partner with faculty and program leaders to turn ideas into high quality, scalable learning experiences, especially in the online space, and play an important role in helping Georgia Tech meet the evolving needs of learners and the workforce.

Provide information and counsel to undergraduate and graduate students within an assigned area regarding their academic pursuits and progress. Prepare and maintain associated student records. This position will interact on a consistent basis with: current and potential students, parents, faculty, staff, and general public. This position typically will advise and counsel: students. This position will supervise: NA.

• Meet with students concerning questions and issues regarding various aspects of their academic program. May include questions regarding academic program requirements, registration, permits, overloads, degree petitions, change of major, commencement, curriculum, academic progress, and Institute policy
• Perform reference searches and records access in conjunction with student inquiries.
• Respond to faculty request for assistance in administrative or student related matters.
• Prepare assessment reports; maintain student related records, files and databases;
• Review and process…